Research History
The National Pancreas Foundation has supported and funded research grants since its inception. Here are the grant recipients from the past few years.
National Pancreas Foundation Grant Recipients
2015 Grant Recipients
Effect of Liver Histopathology on Islet Engraftment Post Autologous Transplant after Total Pancreatectomy for Chronic Pancreatitis
Chirag Desai, MD
Georgetown University
Modulating TH17cells in Pancreatic Tumorigenesis by Targeting RORγt
Florencia McAllister, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Identifying Somatic Mutations in Chronic Pancreatitis
Andrew Rhim, MD
University of Michigan
Genetic Determinants of Pediatric Chronic Pancreatitis
Aliye Uc, MD
The University of Iowa
2014 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Investigating the Role of Progenitor-Like Cells in Pancreatitis in Mouse and Human Pancreas
Farzad Esni, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Immune Based Therapies in Chronic Pancreatitis
Aida Habtezion, MD, MSc
Stanford University
Jak2 Inhibition as a Therapeutic Approach for Chronic Pancreatitis
Gregory Lesinski, PhD, MPH
The Ohio State University
Temporal Analysis of Tumor Suppressor Function in Pancreatic Cancer Development
Scott Lowe, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Blocking Scaffold-Kinase Interactions to Inhibit Pancreatic Cancer
Julien Sage, PhD
Stanford University
Characterization and Modulation of TGFbeta Activation in Pancreatic Fibrogenesis
Barbara Ulmasov, PhD
Saint Louis University
2013 Grant Recipients
Rectal Indomethacin to Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
John Levenick, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Role of Tunneling Nanotubes in Promoting Chemotherapy Resistance of Pancreatic cancer*
Emil Lou, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Role of the Polycomb Group Gene1 BMI1 in Pancreatic cancer
Marina Pasca Di Magliano, PhD
University of Michigan
The Histone Deactylase SIRT6 Modulates Pancreatic Cancer Metabolism
Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Genetics of Constant Pain in Chronic pancreatitis
David Whitcomb, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
The Role of Bacteria in Modulating Pancreatic Tumorigenesis
Constantinos Zambirinis, MD, Mres
New York University
2012 Grant Recipients
Endocrine function in chronic pancreatitis: The role of insulin secretion, insulin sensitivity, and the incretin axis
Melena Bellin, MD
University of Minnesota
Dissecting the Pdx1 Master Switch in Pancreatitis Recovery
Howard Crawford, PhD
Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville
Reconstituting pancreatic cancer development to discover early diagnostic biomarkers
Seung Kim, MD, PhD
Stanford University
A Zebrafish Approach to Characterizing Human GWAS Genes for Pancreatic Cancer
Sahar Nissim, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2011 Grant Recipients
Natural Killer Cell Impact on Pancreatic Cancer Progression
Kerry Campbell, PhD
Fox Chase Cancer Center
The Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Modulating Pancreatic Tumorigenesis
George Miller, MD
New York University School of Medicine
Control of pancreatic acinar cell nuclearity, ploidy and proliferation
Charles Murtaugh, PhD
University of Utah
Psychometric testing of the Pancreatitis Quality of Life Instrument (PANQOLI) on patients from the National Pancreas Foundation using Survey Monkey
Wahid Wassef, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Screening test for the early detection of pancreatic cancer
Kenneth Yu, MD, MS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The role of Annexin A2 in metastasis and as a novel therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer
Lei Zheng, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
2010 Grant Recipients
Regulation of Pancreatic Fibrotic Responses by Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF)
Chuhan Chung, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
The Role of Stat3 signaling in the initiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Akihisa Fukuda, MD, PhD
University of California San Francisco
The Role of Dendritic Cells in Pancreatic Fibrosis and the Development of Pancreatic Neoplasia
Ashim Malhotra, MD
New York University School of Medicine
Translational Studies of Circulating Pancreatic Epithelial Cells in Cancer Progression
Andrew Rhim, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Role of Src in Antegrade Golgi Expansion and Autophagic Acinar Cell Death
Vijay Singh, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center